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Namaste a Message from Vandita YOGA BULLETIN training inspiration community winter 2009 volume 18 issue 4 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 Namaste: The Teaching for Diversity issue Namaste 2 Stories from TFD recipients A message from Vandita 5 The Studio Space: Dream Yoga 7 The KYTA Community Forum The Teaching for Diversity issue 8 The state of the training: Questions for Devarshi 10 Safety, trust, and substitute teaching ere in the KYTA Office, we have a bookshelf lined with thick white binders that 11 The true teacher hold the proposals and reports we receive each year from KYTA members ap- 12 Yoga on Disc: New products plying for Teaching for Diversity grants. They don’t grab your attention from the Houtside, but these binders contain hundreds of stories of transformation—transformation brought about by the powerful effects of yoga on both It feels especially appropriate teachers and students. In this issue, at this time of year to bring awareness we highlight six of to the ways in which we can give of our those stories, con- tributed by recipients time, energy, and resources. of Teaching for Diversity grants. The work they are doing in their communities, with populations ranging from aboriginal teenagers to inner-city children to prison inmates, is moving, inspiring, and absolutely vital. This program has been going strong for almost nine years, and in that time we have awarded more than $200,000 to some 230 teachers throughout the country and around the world. The Teaching for Diversity program and the Rachel Greene Memorial Fund are two powerful initiatives that I am incredibly proud to have helped shepherd during my years with KYTA. We will again be awarding grants early in 2010; watch for announcements of application dead- lines in upcoming editions of the KYTA E-news and Updates and the Yoga Bulletin. It feels especially appropriate at this time of year to bring awareness to the ways in which we can give of our time, energy, and resources. I hope the following stories inspire you to apply for a grant to bring yoga to an underserved population in your community, or to donate to the Teaching for Diversity program, so we can continue to expand the depth and breadth of yoga’s reach and bring greater thriving and joy to our world. Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season, P.S. Save the date: KYTA Conference 2010, June 24–27. go to page 12 go to page 1 go to page 2 go to page 5 go to page 7 go to page 8 go to page 10 go to page 11 go to page 12 Reviews Namaste TFD Stories Studio Space KYTA Forum State of Training Substitute Teaching True Teacher Reviews 2 YOGA BULLETIN winter 2009 volume 18 issue 4 Stories from TFD recipients by Tresca Weinstein From “yogurt” to life skills: Teaching yoga to inner-city children Since 2002, I have supervised a three-week yoga program at Camp Courant, one of the largest free day camps for inner- city children in the nation. I created the program with Beth Gibbs, Director at Camp Courant, and my responsibilities include organizing the program, supervising and assisting our two yoga teachers, and teaching a group of five- and six-year-olds. Five- to 8-year-olds take introductory classes, while 11- and 12-year-olds join the Yoga Rocks Club, which meets daily for one hour throughout the three weeks. It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to see the children’s interest in yoga blossom. At first they didn’t know what yoga was and were resistant—they would jokingly call it “yogurt.” Now they get off the bus on the first day of camp and ask, “When does the yoga program start?” This program has been one of my most labor-intensive efforts, and to see the children valuing and lov- ing yoga is a wonderful blessing. It’s rewarding when they tell me how they use yoga to calm down when they are upset and to relax when they are stressed. It’s rewarding to see yoga providing these children with a healthy skill set for dealing with life’s challenges. It’s rewarding to observe children like Raven Mitchell, age 10, who has participated in the program for the last three years and now assists in classes for the younger children. It is my hope to one day see Raven get a scholarship from Kripalu to become a yoga teacher. As well as receiving a grant from Teaching for Diversity, I have also donated back to the program. How could I not when I have seen first-hand what the yoga program at Camp Courant has done for the children? I hope to see yoga programs for children in need starting up around the na- tion and worldwide, and donating to TFD is the way to make this happen. —Laura Magnussen, Windsor, Connecticut, KYTA member since 2002 Relaxing into the unknown: Teaching yoga to cancer patients My Teaching for Diversity grant supported a series of sessions offering relaxation exercises and meditation techniques to cancer patients at Boston Medical Center. Most of these new yogis were women who had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and those who had been living with breast cancer, though some patients with ovarian cancer also joined the group. The sessions were offered in a chair rather than on the floor, and though yoga was new to almost everyone, they were all able to do the breathing exercises, body-based meditative visualizations, and yoga postures. The more I slowed down the movements, the more they enjoyed them. What the students told me most frequently was that after classes, they felt calmer and less anxious about everything in their lives. They became more comfortable relaxing as they gradually befriended their bodies, which they felt had turned against them. One woman who did not speak English came regularly with her daughter, who told me that her mother enjoyed the classes so much that it didn’t matter that they weren’t in Arabic. I am struck by how regular people become living testimonies of courage as they move through extraordinarily difficult experiences. I was again and again inspired by their dignity as they faced not knowing whether they would get better or not. Teaching yoga to students who were aware of the preciousness of time was a huge gift for me. It increased my appreciation for the magic sacredness in every moment, which in turn in- creased my comfort in supporting people in handling challenges associated with illness. —Anna Dunwell, Newton Center, Massachusetts, KYTA member since 2003 continued on next page go to page 1 go to page 2 go to page 5 go to page 7 go to page 8 go to page 10 go to page 11 go to page 12 Namaste TFD Stories Studio Space KYTA Forum State of Training Substitute Teaching True Teacher Reviews YOGA BULLETIN winter 2009 volume 18 issue 4 3 Completing the circle: Teaching, giving, and receiving In 2006, I received a Teaching for Diversity grant to bring yoga to women living in a shelter after escaping domestic violence, as well as women recovering from substance abuse who had lost custody of their children. It was amazing to see how the yoga affected them as they pulled themselves out of these situations. They especially loved the Warrior pose, because of its feeling of strength and power. Last year I received a Rachel Greene Memorial Fund scholarship to attend Yoga EdTM training at Kripalu. Using the elements and inspiration I gained from that training, as well as my background as a visual artist and educator, I have since cre- ated a self-empowerment and community-building program for at-risk adolescent girls that combines yoga, art, health awareness, and leadership activities. I also joined the teaching team for a yoga program, run by Kripalu’s Institute for Extraor- dinary Living, at a public high school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. This is my second year co-teaching yoga as part of their physical education classes for the year. It is quite an exhilarating feeling to enter a high school classroom, transformed into a yoga space, and to have the privilege of watching an equally remarkable transformation take place in their young lives. KYTA has given me tools through its grants to go out in the world to do work that is important and also supports the growth of my practice. For that reason, I was eager to give The Teaching for Diversity Program back when I had the opportunity. When my father died, I made a donation to the Teaching provides grants and scholarships to for Diversity program in his name—it felt like a really good “right action.” My mom, who’s members of the Kripalu Yoga Teach- now 83 and still practicing yoga, is the one who first introduced me to yoga, and she was ers Association (KYTA) and the Inter- so happy to hear about this donation. Teachers are definitely a segment of the population national Association of Black Yoga that is under-supported and undervalued. That’s why I appreciate KYTA’s support so much. Teachers (IABYT). Members receive grants and scholarships to teach in —Karen Arp-Sandel, Canaan, New York, KYTA member since 2001 disadvantaged schools or to diverse populations such as ethnic minorities Creating sustainability: Teaching for the long term and those who are socially, economi- Teaching for Diversity grants are a great way to get a new class started in a social- cally, or physically challenged. service agency serving a special-needs population, where yoga can readily be seen as a complementary therapy to other services already provided by the agency.
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